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Homecoming Highlights Awards Recognition Alumni Profiles Alumni Events Class Notes Calendar Words Can Hurt Featured / September 2, 2014 The Word-Choice Campaign Everyone is Talking About By Sandy Deneau Dunham RESOLUTE Editor I t seems fitting that PLU’s My Language/My Choice campaign grew into something giant—it’s evolved so exponentially and organically over the years, there really was no other way to go. Originally spurred with a $500 Diversity Center grant from The Pride Foundation, the campaign

better able we are to improve society. Diversity in profession and education benefits everyone.” Chávez said her speech at the conference focused on the findings of her most recent book project, which is due out in 2019. The book, titled Latino Professional Success in America: Public Policies, People, and Perseverance, explores how first-generation Latinos became professionals, their experiences as professionals amid the country’s institutional racism, and the policies and programs this group

McKenney, PLU’s chair of geosciences. Wallace said welcoming invites students to come to campus. Belonging means checking up on students after they’re invited to come to campus. “PLU could do a little bit more outreach,” Wallace said. “PLU could have staff and faculty check up on students a little bit more often.” Belonging is about all students from all walks of life feeling ownership over their spaces on campus, said Angie Hambrick, PLU’s assistant vice president for diversity, justice and

engage with indigenous communities, stories and worldviews at the regional, national, hemispheric and global levels. Most human diversity is found in indigenous contexts. One example: 5,000 of the world’s 6,000 languages are indigenous. The NAIS Program at PLU uses that diversity to structure curriculum and classroom learning practices. The idea is not to present indigenous peoples as museum-like objects, but to engage with them as living, vibrant communities. More info about NAIS This spring, she

Ministry Council Official Copy: Retention: Other Copies: Any Department or School Retention: 3 years. Shred Deans Council Official Copy: Provost Office Retention: 5 years. Transfer to University Archives Other Copies: Any office Retention: 3 years. Shred Dispute Resolutions Committee Official Copy: Human Resources Retention: 10 years. Shred Other Copies: Any member of the committee Retention: Shred after current use University Diversity Committee To review new courses presented by PLU faculty members

Future Exploring Nature and Number Investigating Human Behavior, Culture, and Institutions Encountering Perspectives on Diversity Producing and Presenting Culminating Scholarship: Senior Seminar/Project For details about the elements see the PLU Catalog. How do I receive advising on the General Education Program?The Academic Advising Office or a faculty advisor will assist a student in completing the General Education Program Elements. Once a major is declared, the faculty advisor in that department

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pass. A description of the transit benefit program is available in the Personnel Manual. Apply for a carpool parking pass by registering your carpool at Campus Safety. Course Fees These fees are charged in addition to tuition. Lab fees for individual courses are shown in the class schedule listings. Diversity, Justice, and Sustainability Fee Offers financial support for student driven projects that advance green energy credits and sustainability in any aspect of PLU Life. This fee cannot be waived

group — Suzanne Crawford O’Brien (Religion), David Huelsbeck (Anthropology), Nicole Juliano (The Diversity Center) and Carmiña Palerm (Languages and Literatures: Hispanic Studies) — began having conversations with many indigenous groups in the region, including members of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot and Steilacoom tribes, and the Nisqually Campus of Northwest Indian College, to better inform the program’s curriculum. Developing trust and “doing it right” were paramount for Storfjell and his colleagues

attend PLU.” Part of the appeal of PLU was that it allowed him to “still be in my back yard, in my community.” But as a trail blazing member of a group of students of color, Jackson also found challenges at PLU. A sociology major, he focused his capstone project on the academic experiences of students of color enrolled at predominantly white colleges. “PLU has come a long way, both numerically and in terms of visible signs of commitment to diversity,” Jackson said. It’s one reason he was drawn to